Shun Medoruma Takuma Sminkey Kyle Ikeda In the Woods of Memory (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: In the Woods of MemoryCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackEAN: 9781611720372ISBN: 9781611720372Publisher: Stone Bridge PressRelease Date: 06/22/2017Description: Generally regarded as Okinawa's most adventurous and promising writer of fiction today.”Michael S. Molasky, University of MinnesotaIn the Woods of Memory is a powerful, thought-provoking novel that focuses on two incidents during the Battle of Okinawa, 1945: the sexual assault on Sayoko, 17, by four US soldiers and her friend Seiji’s attempt at revenge. Narrations through nine points of view, Japanese and American, from 1945 to the present day reveal the full complexity of events and how war trauma inevitably ripples through the generations.Akutagawa Prizewinner and activist Shun Medoruma was born in Okinawa. This is his first full-length work in English translation.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 203mmItem Length: 127mmAuthor: Shun Medoruma, Takuma Sminkey, Kyle IkedaTranslator: Takuma SminkeyContributor: Takuma Sminkey (Translated by), Kyle Ikeda (Afterword by)Genre: FictionTopic: Historical Fiction, Military History, History, Law & PoliticsISBN-10: 1611720370Type: HistoricalRelease Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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